Netball: Girls' Pre-Season Training for selected pupils at King's, finishes 5:00pm
.jpeg?command_1=resize&width_1=220 "CCF Royal Navy cadets were thrilled to visit HMS Queen Elizabeth")
The Royal Navy section of King’s Bruton CCF set off to HMNB Portsmouth for a very special trip...
We had been invited by Lieutenant Commander Keane for a guided tour of the Royal Navy’s flagship vessel, the Queen Elizabeth (RO8) aircraft carrier. We were blessed with icy cold gusting winds, which we were pleased to be sheltered from as we explored the interior of the ship. Starting in the massive hangar, we were guided through endlessly disorientating corridors of exposed pipes, with the claim that they could circle the Earth multiple times if laid out. We entered various compartments including bunks (mess), with the highlight being the operations room where aircraft were managed within the battlespace. It was then something of a surprise that, within a few steps, we then found ourselves suspended some 25m above the sea on a thin metal grating gantry bolted to the side of the ship before heading up onto the flight deck. Having adjusted to the pleasant conditions inside, it was bracing, to say the least, to be buffeted on the crest of the massive runway where fixed wing aircraft take off from, peering down a sheer drop to the ocean below. Needless to say, we all had an amazing time, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the cadets try to earn ‘Royal Marines Commando’ kit by completing their various challenges of press-ups and chin-ups.
Thomas Brown - King's Bruton CCF RN SLt
.jpeg "CCF Royal Navy cadets were thrilled to visit HMS Queen Elizabeth")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "CCF Cadets travelled to the Quantock Hills for their Ten Tors training expedition")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "RN CCF Cadets enjoyed orienteering on Ham Hill")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "An excellent evening at the CCF Formal Dinner")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "King’s Bruton Advanced Infantry undertook Exercise Relentless")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A select group of Sixth Formers gathered for the first meeting of the Headmaster's Essay Society")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A great day out at the Greenpower F24+ International Final at Goodwood for our KSB MotorSport Team")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "King’s Bruton 35 mile Ten Tors teams completed their first training walk on Exmoor")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A fantastic experience field day for 4th Form CCF cadets")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "An evening of Chess and Chocolate")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "The challenges and excitement of being a member of the KSBMotorSport Team")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "Congratulations to Charlie on being awarded an Army Scholarship")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "3rd Form pupils had an amazing time team building at the Mill on the Brue")
.JPG&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "A successful Silver DofE qualifying expedition to the Brecon Beacons")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "4th Form CCF pupils enjoyed an action packed day of water and mud fun")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "23 pupils successfully completed the Gold DofE Expedition")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "Royal Navy CCF Cadets had fun and gained valuable experience at HMS Raleigh")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "4th Form CCF cadets passed their Weapon Handling Test at Straight Point Range")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "We are very proud of our two Ten Tors 35 mile teams")
.jpg&command_2=resize&height_2=85 "Royal Navy CCF Cadets are enjoying their sailing training at Cheddar Reservoir")